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		akavi on June 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If English was written like Chinese (1999) Chinese has fewer inflections than English, but does have 儿 as a nominalizer (and one which is quite productive in northern dialects)

canjobear on June 3, 2024 [–]

Also -们 as a pluralizer on pronouns and animate nouns.

akavi on June 3, 2024 | [–]

I think I meant more fusional inflections. 们, 了, 着, 的, etc, don't affect the pronunciation of the root morpheme.

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